Libya Rolling Updates Sunday 27 Feb

flick wrote:Has there been any air traffic in/out of Tripoli?

Yes from Egypt.I'm not sure about any other planes.

AliTweel
.I just heard some gunshots, not near.
4 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone .

This is a bank in #tripoli #fashloum area today around 1:30pm asking for salaries, the bank says there is no money! http://twitvid.com/QMJFC
5 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone .

This is today about 1:50pm in jraba street, #tripoli, a long line of people waiting for thier share of bread. http://twitvid.com/QIK3W
13 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone

Janey wrote:confirmation from my sources that there ARE still people in need of rescue in desert locations, including UK and US civilians

Presumably they will try to rescue those that remain in the same way as the others?

Lime Flavoured wrote:

Janey wrote:confirmation from my sources that there ARE still people in need of rescue in desert locations, including UK and US civilians

Presumably they will try to rescue those that remain in the same way as the others?

something I cannot comment on, but they are being very creative to keep the regime guessing

Tony Blair, widely criticised in recent days for offering Muammar Gaddafi "the hand of friendship" seven years ago, made an extraordinary personal intervention when he twice phoned the embattled Libyan dictator on Friday and asked him to stop killing protesters rising up against the regime.

"made an extraordinary personal intervention" ?

This comment leaves one speechless, thought I am pleased that the author of this piece did address Blair's possible financial connections to
Libya in banking and oil.

Altered Gadaffi pics are becoming quite popular.

This is one is typical, showing him as a vain woman.

Re number of planned Egypt flights - wow.

How many Egyptian nationals were in Libya? Tens of thousands?

flick wrote:
How many Egyptian nationals were in Libya? Tens of thousands?

Yes. Largely oilfield industry.

goodmockingbird wrote:

Altered Gadaffi pics are becoming quite popular.

This is one is typical, showing him as a vain woman.

I can see why they're popular! lol
The fabric is magnificent, certainly could be a Verace, I had been told from a very reliable source he designed many of Gadhafi's get-ups.

US wrote:
"Confirmed the Banks in #Tripoli given 500 lyd for each family book"


What is a "family book?" Is this akin to Gadaffi's "green book?"

I would guess..it refers to an account book, savings book, bank book.. or however you call it.
.. in germany/austria called "sparbuch"


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Nic Robertson CNN:
We at pro-gov rally outside Zawiya, abt 150 young men women &kids, chanting muamar gadhafi we will not let you go - seems hastily organized


ShababLibya:
Reports coming from Tripoli, Mercenaries are leaving westward, but we are getting rumors of Zawia becoming closed from all 3 entries
after the actions of the @UN yesterday, today was always going to be critical for gaddafi, as he plans to retake both nearby cities

#Libya With Tripoli+Sirte+Sabha+poss Zawiya means #Gaddafi holds Al Hamara+Murzuk oil fields+1 of biggest oil refinery,plus Bouri gas fields

#Gaddafi's aunt in #Israel disowns him, says even Israel didn't do to the Arabs what he is doing http://tiny.cc/dee7r #Feb17 #Libya

Saifs Interview with Amanpour:

(TRIPOLI, Libya) -- Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son of Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi, in an exclusive interview with ABC's This Week host Christiane Amanpour, insists Libya is calm, the military has not attacked any civilians and reports of Libyan diplomats abandoning their posts is simply 'miscommunication.'

http://www.670kboi.com/rssItem.asp?feedid=113&itemid=29638121

Now he's blaming China!

#libya.. Govt still claiming rebels drugged.. TV Report claims pills from china

i_beside_u: RT @MilitantNews: #Libya Planned military campaign by #Gaddafi. Hold Tripoli, Sirte+Sabha crush Misurata+Zawiya= control of key points in south, west + center
5 minutes ago via web

goodmockingbird wrote:i_beside_u: RT @MilitantNews: #Libya Planned military campaign by #Gaddafi. Hold Tripoli, Sirte+Sabha crush Misurata+Zawiya= control of key points in south, west + center
5 minutes ago via web

Seems a pretty obvious plan.

News Update: Peaceful negotiations between tribe leaders to handover city of #Sert to Revolutionaries.

BelgianBoy wrote:News Update: Peaceful negotiations between tribe leaders to handover city of #Sert to Revolutionaries.

Isn't that Gaddafi's birthplace ?

Italians have landed a Hercules at Tripoli, offering seats to anyone who needs to leave

Generate your own Gaddafi-style speech! Link

They also have fashion photos of Africa's most "colorful" dictator. Link

Earth Cries wrote:Now he's blaming China!

#libya.. Govt still claiming rebels drugged.. TV Report claims pills from china

In his decompensated mental state, it seems that he is blaming others for doing the exact things he is doing.

That psychological tendency is referred to as 'transference'. In most of us it plays out sort of like 'we're basically honest', so we presume 'everyone else is basically honest' too.

In real nutjobs, it gets kind of wrapped up real tight, and plays out strangely. They accuse others of doing exactly what they are doing.

http://www.quryna.com

suspended

have they shut it down?
i recall information from the early days.. that quryna is owned by a firm which belongs to one of Ghaddafis sons.. Saif? cant remember

Yesterday i read an article from AP or reuters, which stated Quryna as source.. and is was very cleary pro-democracy standpoint

i didnt picked this up yesterday.. whether they may have defected too or not

janey, you may be able to enlighten us ?

Uk Special Forces rescues to continue, however those requiring rescue are in much more perilous locations than yesterday. About 300 still requiring evac.

Egyptian Foreign Minister: We will not allow foreign military intervention in #Libya.

BelgianBoy wrote:Egyptian Foreign Minister: We will not allow foreign military intervention in #Libya.

Interpretation please??

Janey wrote:Uk Special Forces rescues to continue, however those requiring rescue are in much more perilous locations than yesterday. About 300 still requiring evac.

Hopefully all goes well.

BelgianBoy wrote:Egyptian Foreign Minister: We will not allow foreign military intervention in #Libya.

Not really a surprising thing for them to say really.